Imperial County Veterans Advisory Council and Veteran Monument Fund

What it is. The Council's bylaws, as the Board amended them on April 28, 2026: "The Council was created on May 5, 1992, by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors (the 'Board') to serve as a veterans advisory committee to the Board." "The function of the Council is to advise the Board regarding issues important to Veterans (including their Dependents) of the Imperial County." The Veterans Service Office gives it clerical support, and the Veterans Service Officer sits on it as a non-voting member. What a veteran can bring to it. Among its duties: "Receive and hear specific complaints and problems of the veteran community, to investigate when appropriate, make findings, and reports those findings to the Board," and "Review, analyze, and recommend to the Board those county projects and service priorities relating to the Veteran community of Imperial County." Its purposes include promoting "equal justice before the Veterans Administration and the California Department of Veterans Affairs for Imperial County Veterans" and equity "in health, housing, education, and employment." Who sits on it. Five members, each "a veteran with honorable military service and discharge, a resident of Imperial County," nominated one per supervisorial district and appointed by the Board for the nominating Supervisor's term, with five district alternates and up to two at-large alternates under the 2026 amendment. On September 1, 2026 the Board appointed Isaac Daniel Donayre (District 4), Raymond A. Gonzalez (District 4 alternate) and Agustin Saldana (at large). The Veteran Monument Fund. On November 25, 2025 the Board, at the Council's request, created a special revenue fund (Org. Key 2063001, with a $20,500 budget amendment) "dedicated to receiving and tracking donations for the restoration and preservation of veterans' memorials and monuments throughout the county," managed by the Veterans Service Office on the Council's behalf, and gave the Council $500 for the work from District 5's community benefit account. Donations and questions go through the Veterans Service Officer, David Hernandez, (442) 265-3201. How to reach it. The Council posts no agendas or minutes on the county's sites. Ask the Veterans Service Office (442-265-3200) for its next meeting, or the Clerk of the Board (940 West Main Street, Suite 209, El Centro; 442-265-1020) for its record.